A: v: H: schulpt. [n.d. c.1730.] Mezzotint, rare. 170 x 133mm. 6¾ x 5¼". Cut to image. Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He was a classicist and theorist, known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
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